Reflections on all the big talking points from #F1’s #LasVegasGP, including how Max Verstappen won his 4th World Title.
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Anyone else think if rbr finally rid themselves of Checo, Sainz should be the one to fill that seat?
Of the racers, is he not the most 'logical' solution who has already teamed with Max? This coming from the perspective of Constructors' title and not burning out a rookie to fill that seat.
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Shamiltons face must be tripping him, As long as he or no other english driver wins sky gimp's are sad.
I think Ferrari might steal the constructors championship at the last hurdle, Over the last 4 races they have outscored Mclaren by 50 points. Both drivers are on form so it's exciting nonetheless!
Typical toxic British again. This is not giving respect, just chauvinisti downplaying. Perez shows it was never a dominant car en McLaren didn't just catch up. Verstappen was already a matured driver when he knocked Ferrari down in the first half of 2022 when Ferrari was still dominant, before it collapsed. After the summer break in 2023 McLaren was the dominant car too.
No, Hamilton has never done anything like that. That Mercedes made Bottas look great, a dominant car has always two drivers high up, that's what dominance means.
And this why so many people don't like the British, they just can't accept greatness from the wrong passport. Not with Schumacher, not with Vettel, not with Verstappen. They are always cheaters or dirty drivers or Newewy merchants, have great straight line speed. They can't even accept that Norris is simply not at Verstappen level as a driver, it has to be because he bottles it or is mentally not tough enough.
Red Bull fixed their rear suspension. This will influence next years car. I think therefore Red Bull will be good next year and maybe even dominant. After the first few races development will stop and wil be shifted to the '26 car. McLaren was severely hit after the bib noise, rear wing noise and moisture noise. I don't expect them competitive at the sharp end next season.
What a total talk of BS from you pffff you are a bad loser . 70% of the season max had the lesser car and you telling it is earned in the beginning of the season pffff no chance he won it whit a lesser car and kept scoring points
F1 needs a new tyre supplier.
Redbull were historically happy to change 2nd driver for performance so why not now?
What’s happening with those veins in your neck?! You ill or losing weight real fast? 😮
I like your beanie.
🏁CONGRATS, MAX 'NO STOPPIN' VERSTAPPEN!🏁
yeah I'm not sure RB wants a constructors championship this year. They are already penalized on testing from last year's win. They don't need the prize money – they need the full testing allocations for next year.
M4X VER5TAPPEN!!!
SkyF1 was leaning hard into the sin. Pushing the gambling and drinking and whatnot. But god forbid a choice word was said in celebration…
Will you tell us when Seedstream has a spoiler free function? I just can't have it on my phone until I've seen absolutely everything there is to be seen.
10 years of community service for the driver of the red car, surely?
I haven’t heard anyone really mention Martin Brundle. I know it’s the least important or newsworthy event of the weekend, but I was so happy for Martin this weekend. I don’t agree with everything he says and all of his takes, but it’s always nice to see somebody living their best life and enjoying it. Last year Vegas treated him extremely well and that dude was glowing. This year Vegas doubled down and set up an extremely wonderful helicopter experience for him on top of a back country flight.
This dude was a journeyman, blue collar driver who somehow got himself into announcing and developed quite the gig at Sky Sports. Now he’s being treated better than royalty and you can see that he knows how extraordinarily lucky he is and that he’s making the most of it.
If you’re not into flying it might be difficult to appreciate how rare it can be for a hobby flyer to get to fly a UH-60 performing a special type of mission where they get to drop off skydivers over a major city in the middle of a desert and near the Sierra Nevadas. That’s a fairly big helicopter and it’s expensive to fly compared to smaller helicopters and trainers. Old Blackhawks are super common, so a professional pilot probably wouldn’t consider it a life experience, but it certainly is a life’s dream for a private pilot and an enthusiast.
Imo it was one of the best gps of the year
Max and Lawson next year
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If we are going to all be honest it's actually his third championship as the 2021 was blatantly stolen from Hamilton. That being said Max thoroughly deserves the three championships and nobody can say any different.
Why wouldn't have a better name? No random search will find you.
Adding to your comment about the second seat at RedBull: It is not very important for the constructors championship next year but also for the drivers championship. Since an even more intense fight is to be expected between more drivers, Max will need a strong team mate more than ever too
At this point you'd almost think Red bull are finishing as low as they can in the conductors on purpose. They're clearly willing to spend the money on the wdc as that's their marketing goal and finishing lower as a constructor gives them a better chance at winning the WDC… /tinfoil 14:59
Well deserved to be his WDC 👍👏
Should actually be 3 titles because the first one was stolen from Lewis thanks to Michael Masi.
Despite your apparent experience at even a professional level within Formula 1, your analyses are really of a depressingly low level! That emphasis so clearly wants to place on the team performance of this world title. It is simply pathetic and completely ignores the harsh reality that the completely disorganized Red Bull team had to endure this season! It was Max Verstappen par excellence who kept this team together during scandals and an exodus of key people within the team! Never before in the history of Formula 1 have so many different teams achieved a Grand Prix victory! Making the unreal comparison with a Lewis Hamilton who has never won a world title in this way in his career is absurd and says a lot about you as an analyst:-)
For Max, basically title was sealed after Imola, even with Austalian DNF, car was absolutely dominant till China, whole second faster a lap. Gap was too big, McLaren was a little too late to the party. If McLaren were competetive since season start, maybe there was a real chance.
I think lewis made more errors in 2021….. max made this his quality, he is the most consistent f1 driver in all times….
After Brazil it was not that exciting any more regarding the championship. But the last races bode well for 2025, in the last 13 races we had 7 different race winners. If you would count the results since Spain, the top 4 would be really tight:
Verstappen 188
Piastri 173
Norris 171
Leclerc 168
Hamilton 147
Russel 136
Sainz 103
Funny thing that Piastri comes on top of Norris despite teamorders…
hi Marc, I think you have not emphasised enough the brillant drive by Hamilton , he delayed his attack until his tyres were in a good place and then pushed on and passed everyone a complete master class in tyre managment obvs you are Russel fan ..
While Mclaren lead the constructors, I am very disappointed at the performance of the team and the drivers. Mclaren could have already won both titles this year with a more capable driver in place of Norris (I don't criticise Piastri as much as its his second season) and the leadership team have made a string of poor decisions throughout the season which could still cost them as Ferrari are catching up quickly. Norris has been in F1 for 5 years yet has shown his inconsistency and lack of race craft along with folding under pressure. btw I am enjoying SeedStream since downloading it.
Why wouldn’t Carlos ignore the team that effectively dropped him. They get the same team points and he proves he is an excellent driver when going head to head.
3 Time World Champion
Thanks Marc, but take care, have to say, you don't look good………
You of all people know ,if the car is shit what kind of results can Sergio produce.
3?? DEFINTELY Not 4!!!
Get a haircut a shave,and loose the stupid piece of textile on your head please?
Sorry but it was Max that made the biggest difference, just look where Checo is now.
"Hamiltons 8 years of winning" – Yes we all seem to agree on that one 😉
😅max fourstappen
It's a shame the FIA didn't catch on to RBR's asymmetrical recharging, could've been an awesome season with 4 or more drivers in the fight.
Max hater/McLaren guy confirmed.
if the season would have started in Miami , when Lando was gifted his first win max would still be leadi g the championship at this moment ..he wouldnt be the champ yet , but he would be leading …so to say the forst races decided this championship is a bit of a far stretch
Hi Marc, I have a question, unless anyone else can answer, why wasnt Sainz penalised for going into the pitlane and then rejoining the track, like others have been in the past?
Great commentary, Marc. Respect, balance, insight.